Jenas, before last night's victory, told the London Evening Standard: "I watched him in the week for Germany and he is very good.

"He is like Arshavin or Luka Modric for us - a creative player with a very low centre of gravity which makes him hard to get around. I thought we did well to stifle him in the first game over there, especially in the first half.

"He came more into it in the second half and got his goal. But these are things the manager is aware of and he will make sure we are fully briefed before going into the game."